My brain is turning to mush

[wallywally]

Hey there

Im living in Japan, and have been for the last 6 months because of my husbands job. I am very luck to have a job teaching English, HOWEVER... I miss nursing a lot, and I really want to get back to it, and as cute as the kids are, I dont have to use my brain at all.

I graduated in 2004, in New Zealand, with a Bachelor of Nursing. Unfortunately because we have had to move around the world a lot with my husbands job, I have only had about 9 months full time nursing experience, (in NZ). Its looking like I will be in Japan for a long time though, and I am trying to get information about nursing on an American military base here, which is fairly close to my home. I have been talking to a guy whos wife is a nurse there, and she thinks it maybe possible for me to nurse there, but she is not sure about the reciprocity between NZ and the USA. I think i would have to take the NCLEX but not sure what else and how to go about this.

Any info anyone has at all would be so helpful. I cant teach english forever, and my japanese is not what it could be, nursing in the japanese system is really not an option, from what I have seen of the primary and secondary care.

PLEASE HELP!!!

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[GatorRN]

I would suggest asking at the base itself what the requirements are, they would surely know. You could also check out a Board of Nursing website here in the states or NZ, for that matter, the requirements should be outlined there as well. Hope this helps some. Good luck.

[traumaRUs, MSN, APRN]

Hi there. I agree that checking out the base human resources office is where to start. Overseas at US military bases, you are only required to have a nursing license from one of the US states. Good luck.

Other ideas might be to teach at a Japanese University. I know the English tutoring thing is really common in the Far East.

We lived at Yokota AB in Tokyo from 79-82, got married there and our first son was born there. Loved Japan.

Good luck.